Mami Wata: Africa's Ancient God/dess Unveiled Vol. IThis first definitive work on the predomiance of this powerful African deity throughout the ancient world has quickly become a "cult" classic. The evolution of Mami Wata in establishing, shaping and expanding the spiritual and sacerdotal foundation of world religion, reveals also the lost but glorious past of African women's spirituality. Hailed as the new "bible" on the history of African women, this comprehensive well-researched body of work will benefit academics, students, and all who are seeking to fill the missing void in world religious and cultural history. Totaling over 800 pages, it is reccomended that both heavily illustrated (Volumes I & II) be purchased as a set. |
Contents
FORWARD | viii |
PREFACE | xvi |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | xxii |
Mami Wata in the Ancient World | 34 |
Ancient Origin of Mami Wata Name | 41 |
Mami Wata Throughout the Ancient World | 48 |
Mami Wata As the Sacred Serpent | 70 |
Mami Original Vatican Seat | 98 |
Official Account of Dahomeys Royal Lineage | 382 |
Unofficial Account of Dahomeys Royal Lineage | 384 |
Mythological Origins of Dahomeys Name | 387 |
Dahomeys Contempt for Serpent Spirit | 390 |
Mami Sibyls in America | 392 |
Mermaid Survivals in AfricanAmerican Folklore | 406 |
Neglect of the Diaspora Soul | 410 |
Religious Persecution of Africans in America | 413 |
The Black Goddess in Ancient | 150 |
The Vatican Papal Wars Against Mami | 287 |
Walking with a Spiritual Master | 291 |
Magical Blend Interview with Master Akuèté Durchbach | 322 |
Travails Before Departure | 331 |
Images of Mami Wata In Togo | 340 |
Necessary Bumps on the Journey | 349 |
Coming Home | 359 |
Mami Yeveh Vodoun in America | 368 |
Origins of the Vodoun Religion in America | 369 |
Vodouns Early Presence in America | 372 |
Americas War on the Vodoun Religion | 374 |
Ancient Origins of Vodoun Religion | 375 |
Dahomey Not Original Home of Vodoun Religion | 376 |
Why AfricanAmericans Fear Their Cosmogenetic Paths to God | 414 |
Two Hundred Years of Religious Bigotry | 416 |
New World Vodoun and Christian Syncretism | 444 |
The Trouble with Adoration of the Magi | 468 |
Contemporary Images and Illusions of Mami Wata | 475 |
The Intrusion of Racial and Political Polemics in the | 476 |
Tchamba Divine Slave Sibs | 485 |
Bringing the Gods Home 1 Yeveh Mami Wata Vodoun in America | 492 |
What We Believe | 506 |
Tchamba | 525 |
Cosmogenetic Relationship Between Tchamba | 533 |
Royal Stool Houses in Klikor with Slave Lineages | 542 |
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African deities African matriarchal African religious African spirit African-Americans Akuèté Amazons America ancient African ancient Egypt ancient world Aného Ar-Themis Asia Minor Benin birth Black Di-ana black goddess blood born centuries ceremonies Ceres Chaldean Christian claim clans cosmogenetic cosmology cultural Cybele Dahomean Dahomey Diaspora Divine African Mother Dogon Egyptian enslaved Africans Ethiopian European Fulani Ghana gods Greek groups healing Higgins HOLY WOMB honor Horus Hounon Ibid initiated Isis kings known later Libya lineage Mama Zogbé Mamaissii Mamaissii Vivian Hunter-Hindrew Mami deity Mami Wata Vodoun Mami-Isis matriarchal matrilineal Mawu meaning mermaid Mesopotamia Mycenae myth Omphaé oracles original pagan pantheon papals political possession priests prophetess prophetic queen mothers ritual Rome sacerdotal sacrifices serpent worshiping shrines Sibs Sibylline Oracles Sibyls slave slavery solar symbol Tchamba temples theology Togbui Togo totemic Vodoun religion Voodoo water deities West Africa Western women Yeveh Vodoun Zogbé Mamaissii Vivian